2023 WIN Awards Sponsors

For over 150 years, our professionals have provided consulting, accounting, auditing, and tax services across Canadian industries, inspiring confidence, empowering change, and driving innovation. Our KPMG thought leaders deliver the latest insights, trends and resources to help support and inform your organization's financial, operational and strategic objectives. 

Guided by our core values of Integrity, Excellence, Courage, Together and For Better, we are committed to making a difference for our clients, our communities and our people. We believe in the power of diversity and are passionate about creating a more inclusive and sustainable future for all. This commitment has KPMG consistently ranked one of Canada's top employers and one of the best places to work in the country. 

We believe in the power of diversity and are passionate about creating a more inclusive and sustainable future for all. We have proudly aligned our impact strategy to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 

Pomerleau is shaping the future of infrastructure and construction in Canada, and the inclusion and advancement of women as part of our team is shaping Pomerleau.

More women in the construction industry is good for business and good for the communities that we are building. Including women in leadership at all levels and in all areas of the infrastructure sector matters to Pomerleau. Competing to attract and develop exceptional talent means collaborating with exceptional organizations which is why Pomerleau has chosen to partner with WIN to advance the opportunities for women.

Pomerleau is an award-winner as of Canada’s Top 100 Employers and one of Canada's Top Employers for Young People. Our culture and values -- excellence, authenticity, adaptability, innovation and, love – come to life on our project sites and in our offices from coast-to-coast. We attract interns and proven professionals who represent Canada from a multilingual and multicultural perspective. Our ESG Strategy includes ambitious goals around climate change, Indigenous participation, and diversity-equity-inclusion. And our employees are becoming owners of the company as we grow in future years to be an enterprise with over $4.5 billion in annual revenues.

Founded 60 years ago, we have over 4,000 employees and workers at over 200 sites from coast to coast. In addition to our core construction expertise, Pomerleau’s subsidiary, Borea, executes approximately 50% of the country’s renewable construction projects like wind and solar; our ITC Construction Group, acquired in 2022, is one of the largest residential construction companies in the West; and, Pomerleau Capital is our subsidiary specializing in private infrastructure investment and financing. All together, we are one of Canada’s most advanced infrastructure enterprises. To learn more, visit www.pomerleau.ca.

RBC Capital Markets is a proud sponsor of the Women’s Infrastructure Network and the promotion and advancement of women in infrastructure. Diversity and inclusion is a key priority for RBC because it drives better outcomes for our clients and our communities, and creates a more vibrant, engaged culture for our employees. We are committed to creating allies, fostering an inclusive environment, and recruiting, retaining and advancing a diverse employee base to ensure our team reflects the global clients we serve and to foster perspectives that challenge conventional approaches to conducting business.  

The most significant corporations, institutional investors, asset managers, private equity firms, and governments around the globe recognize RBC Capital Markets as an innovative, trusted partner with an in-depth expertise in capital markets, banking, and finance. We are well-established in the largest, most mature capital markets across North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region, which collectively encompasses 82% of the global investment banking fee pool. 

RBC Capital Markets is part of a leading provider of financial services, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and one of the strongest banks globally. Founded in 1864, RBC is the 7th largest global bank and top 5 in North America, as measured by market capitalization. RBC is among a small group of highly rated global banks and is recognized time and time again for its financial strength, market leadership, and philanthropic work. 

Canada Life is one of the largest financial institutions in Canada with total assets under management of over $500 billion. Our commercial mortgages, public bond and private placement investments provide opportunities for businesses and governments to help create employment, fund research and development, and support infrastructure, healthcare and renewable energy projects.  

Our Global Private Debt group manages over $34 billion in assets which include infrastructure investments across green energy projects, airports, port terminals, hospitals, transit, highways, utilities, schools and universities. In 2022 alone, our Global Private Debt group invested $3.6 billion in new private placements of which close to $1.1 billion were in infrastructure-related transactions. 

EllisDon is a proud sponsor of the Women’s Infrastructure Network and is dedicated to the empowerment and advancement of women’s success and leadership in the infrastructure sector. EllisDon’s commitment to Inclusive Diversity is to work together to create an inclusive environment where all employees can reach their full potential and individual differences are valued and respected.

Founded in 1951, EllisDon is a world-leading construction and building services company that completes $5 billion worth of contracts annually, in every market sector and across the globe. EllisDon has grown from being a general contractor to a multi-faceted company that can deliver any aspect of a project. From development, financing, construction through to operations and life cycle / rehabilitation, EllisDon is one of the only construction and building services firms that provide these services over and above their development and construction expertise.

EllisDon's purpose is to provide people with shared values the opportunity to achieve their full potential, deliver great careers to one another, and contribute meaningfully to the communities in which it builds.

For more information on EllisDon visit www.ellisdon.com.

For more information on Inclusive Diversity at EllisDon visit: https://www.ellisdon.com/inclusive-diversity.

Fasken is a proud sponsor of the Women’s Infrastructure Network and a committed partner in promoting and advancing the leadership of women, including in the infrastructure sector. See more about Fasken’s equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) initiatives here. The Fasken Global Infrastructure & Projects team has in recent years been the recipient of both the Gold and the Silver P3 Bulletin Award for North American Legal Advisor of the Year and IJGlobal’s North America Public Sector Legal Advisor of the Year and is currently shortlisted for IJGlobal’s North America Legal Advisor of the Year Award. Fasken has advised on and successfully closed numerous projects in both Canada and the U.S, including significant transactions that have won numerous awards (among them Best Road/Bridge/Tunnel Project, North America Transmission Project of the Year, North America Social Infrastructure Deal of the Year and North America Utility Deal of the Year). The team played a significant role in the ground breaking Wataynikaneyap Transmission Project and is advising Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx on the Ontario Line Subway Project and Infrastructure Ontario on the procurement of Weeneebayko Health Authority project, the first progressive P3 hospital to be procured in Ontario, as well as the Ottawa Civic Hospital Project. Fasken has also been consistently ranked as the top firm in the infrastructure sector in leading independent industry reviews and publications. The Fasken Global Infrastructure & Projects Group is comprised of a multi-jurisdictional team with lawyers across Canada, Europe and Africa, who regularly advise project developers, consortia, constructors, bond underwriters, lenders (both bank and bond) and procuring authorities.

Flatiron is the trusted partner to deliver innovative solutions to infrastructure challenges across Canada and the U.S. Our team collaborates with public and private clients to deliver heavy civil infrastructure – including highways and bridges; aviation, rail and transit; dams and water treatment facilities; and underground projects. Flatiron is an organization of industry-leading engineers, experienced project managers, highly skilled craft workers and other professionals. We are a team of over 3,000 people with diverse backgrounds and varied expertise who share a single focus on enhancing the well-being of people and communities. We employ the best people to deliver the best solutions.

We transform infrastructure.

Flatiron is a subsidiary of HOCHTIEF, an engineering-led global infrastructure construction group.

Visit Flatironcorp.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Fengate Asset Management (Fengate) is so proud to sponsor the WIN Awards and to be a part of recognizing the women who provide stand-out leadership, who guide, inspire and support others, and who have made such important contributions to the industry. As part of our ongoing commitments to equity, belonging, inclusion and diversity and our efforts to ensure a workplace where women are valued and celebrated, we applaud the impactful work of Women’s Infrastructure Network, including the WIN Awards program, and we celebrate all the nominees.  

As a leading alternative investment manager focused on infrastructure, private equity, and real estate strategies, and with offices in Ontario and Texas and team members across North America, Fengate is one of the most active real asset investors in North America. We are a signatory of both the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment and ILPA Diversity in Action initiative, and we are honoured to have been named one of Canada’s Best Workplaces™ for Women in 2022 and 2023. Learn more at fengate.com. 

Graham is proud to sponsor the Women’s Infrastructure Network and its promotion of the advancement and leadership of women in the infrastructure industry. We value the opinions and contributions women make within our company and throughout the industry, and actively seek to recognize and celebrate those achievements. Graham is an employee-owned construction solutions partner with revenues exceeding $2 billion annually. With over nine decades of experience, Graham provides general contracting, design-build, integrated project delivery, construction management, public-private partnerships and development services in the buildings, industrial, infrastructure and project finance sectors. Graham has offices throughout North America and employs over 1,600 passionate professionals focused on delivering lasting value. Graham has the resources, capacity and expertise to undertake projects of every scope, scale and complexity. Visit us at grahambuilds.com to discover how we’re building for a better tomorrow.

The Ledcor Group of Companies is one of North America’s most diversified construction companies, serving the building, oil & gas, infrastructure, mining, power, and telecommunications sectors. Ledcor also owns operations in property investment, forestry, aviation, and marine transportation services. Ledcor employs over 7,000 people across 20 offices, and numerous construction sites. Since 1947 we have been growing with our clients and partners: Forward. Together. Find out how at www.ledcor.com.

National Bank Financial Markets is proud to be a sponsor of the Women’s Infrastructure Network and to accelerate the development and advancement of women in the industry. A fully-integrated investment dealer and a subsidiary of National Bank of Canada, we offer clients a full suite of financial solutions from debt and equity underwriting to bank credit and risk management products. National Bank Financial Markets also delivers comprehensive advisory services in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and financing. A recognized leader in Infrastructure and Project Finance, our team provides clients with sound advice, comprehensive products, and exceptional levels of service that span the entire project lifecycle.

https://nbfm.ca/inclusion

SLC Management is a global institutional asset manager that offers institutional investors traditional, alternative and yield-orientated investment solutions across public and private fixed income markets, as well as global real estate equity and debt, and infrastructure equity. As of December 31, 2022, SLC Management has assets under management of CA$355 billion.  

The Infrastructure Debt and Project Finance teams within SLC Management are based in Toronto and invest in project finance, power and infrastructure financings across North America, Europe, and Australia. As of January 2023, the two groups cumulatively hold a portfolio of investments of approximately CA$17.2 billion. SLC Management Infrastructure Debt and Project Finance teams have significant experience in investing and funding PPP/PFI transactions where they have underwritten and participated in a wide range of transitions 

 For more information, visit www.slcmanagement.com. 

Accuracy, 100% held by its partners, is the sole totally independent international player in its field of expertise providing advice to company management and shareholders. Our status as an independent company means that we do not perform any regulated professional activities, ensuring that all work produced is objective, of the highest quality and in the best interests of our clients.

Our strength is to connect strategy, facts and figures. We provide our in-depth knowledge and expertise to our clients to help them face different situations: acquisitions, disposals, litigation, disputes, companies in difficulty, restructuring.

In order to provide bespoke solutions to these situations, we place a great amount of importance on constantly inventing and reinventing our services, understanding that no one solution is the same for each client. Our consultants bring a sense of business, a strategic view combined with a pragmatic sense of figures, facilitating efficient and high added-value solutions for our clients’ issues.

Accuracy is A Unique Firm – When a client hires Accuracy, that client is hiring the whole firm. We build bespoke teams for each mandate across the entire firm at the international level to provide a gathering of skills and expertise, allowing out-of-the box and tailor-made engagements.

For more information: www.accuracy.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

BGIS brings over 25 years of providing a full range of innovative consulting, management and delivery services for owners and occupiers of real estate.  

With a rich engineering and technical background and a commitment to client service, BGIS protects both the tangible and intangible; not only staff and physical assets, but client reputations, brands and core business.  

Our Difference... 

• Innovation enablers – We are constantly looking to innovate, partnering with leading technology providers to enable us to improve service outcomes for our clients 

• Technical leaders – We ensure critical safety, compliance, sustainability and business continuity objectives are achieved  

• Life cycle partners – We offer unrivaled services for the management of real estate and physical assets across their entire operational lifecycle 

• Cost reduction champions – We drive cost reduction through our understanding of risk, ability to self-perform, purchasing power and innovative approach to sustainability 

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes), one of Canada’s leading business law firms, is proud to sponsor the WIN Awards and support the Women’s Infrastructure Network in their mission to promote and recognize female leaders in the infrastructure/P3 industry. 

At Blakes, we are aligned with WIN’s objective in helping women thrive in the workplace. Through our Women@Blakes network, we are committed to promoting the development and retention of women. We do this by providing support, mentorship, client development, networking opportunities and work/life resources to women students, associates and partners at the Firm in an effort to ensure their success in the practice of law. 

Our commitment to advancing women extends beyond our Firm. We offer clients and the legal profession more broadly with professional development opportunities that champion the role of women in law and business. For example, we offer programs such as Stepping Up: Preparing to Be a GC, Stepping Beyond: Future Opportunities, Women GCs on Boards, In-House Women of Colour and our annual women's events in each of our Canadian offices, to name a few. We also support organizations such as 30% Club, whose mission is to boost the proportion of women on boards of directors to 30%; Catalyst, which focuses on expanding opportunities for women in business; and other organizations that support women in the workforce and gender equality. 

As an industry-leading provider of trustee services to public-private partnership (P3) projects across the country, Computershare Trust Company of Canada participates in many of Canada's prominent P3 and project finance transactions for infrastructure projects within a variety of sectors including transportation, energy and social infrastructure. 
 
Our corporate trust team combines a broad array of in-house legal expertise and a deep base of experience, which ensures we can deliver the most efficient solutions tailored to your specific project. Computershare Trust Company of Canada is a federally regulated trust company licensed to operate in all jurisdictions across Canada with over CAD $2.1 trillion in debt under administration. We offer corporate trust services in both official languages and provide on the ground support for projects across Canada from our offices in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary. 
 
Computershare (ASX: CPU) is a global market leader in corporate trust, transfer agency and share registration, corporate actions, employee equity plans, mortgage servicing, and stakeholder communications. We also specialize in proxy solicitation, bankruptcy, class action and utility administration, and a range of other diversified financial and governance services. 

Diversity and Inclusion at Computershare | Trustee Services to Support Your P3 Transaction

Davies is a leading Canadian business law firm focused on high-stakes matters. Tackling our clients’ issues with clarity and speed, we are consistently at the heart of their most complex deals and cases. With offices in Toronto, Montréal and New York, we are recognized as a top-tier firm in each of our core practice areas. 

Our commitment to fostering equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) is embedded in how we work as a firm. EDI reflects the firm’s core values and strengthens our relationships with each other and with clients, shaping the work we do on their behalf. We embrace our differences in an inclusive culture that is collaborative, empowering and enriched by diverse perspectives. 

Founded in 2000, P1 Consulting is a dynamic and progressive WBE certified consulting firm with a strong reputation in the fields of fairness, procurement, complex outsourcing arrangements and facilities management solutions. P1 serves leading, national and international businesses and public sector agencies including municipal, provincial and federal jurisdictions. 
 
By design, we are a small, boutique firm with operations across Canada and the US. We are a flexible and organic company that evolves and adapts as quickly as the industries we advise, to ensure that we always remain on the leading edge of best practices. A unique and specialised firm with an unparalleled depth of expertise, we establish strong and lasting relationships with our clients, which is why a large portion of our business is with repeat clients. 
 
We help our clients reach their goals by empowering them with informed choices, and understand that every organization is guided by unique considerations that require specialized solutions. We take a hands-on, collaborative approach to manage projects, provide timely support and develop innovative solutions for complex projects. For every engagement, we assemble a team with the most appropriate experience and expertise. 

Plenary Americas is an independent long-term investor, developer and manager of public and private infrastructure, specializing in P3s, local development and asset management. We believe in empowering our employees and we are deeply committed to the advancement of women in the infrastructure sector.  

We have become North America's leading specialized developer of long-term partnership projects, with a portfolio of more than $30 billion across Canada and the United States, including 59 projects in the health, transportation, defence, justice, education, energy, utilities, and government accommodation sectors.  

Plenary’s holistic approach to projects embraces financing, planning, design and construction, complementary commercial development, asset management, and ongoing operations and maintenance. With a reputation built on having delivered diverse and challenging privately financed infrastructure projects, we pride ourselves on delivering innovative, first-class infrastructure on-time and on-budget.  

For more information, please visit www.plenaryamericas.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram. 

RAM is a privately-owned BC based company, with offices located in Vancouver and Calgary. We are a project delivery firm specializing in project and construction management, and multi-disciplinary engineering services for both owners and contractors. RAM services many sectors including marine, transportation, infrastructure, utilities, and energy. Combined with our geotechnical division, Horizon Engineering Inc, and our telecommunications team, Encepta Corp, our permanent staff consists of over 300 employees including technical and support professionals. RAM proudly promotes women studying and working in the engineering field and will continue to empower more women to enter this industry. As a company that values diversity and inclusivity in the workplace, RAM supports Engineers Canada’s 30 by 30 goal in raising the percentage of licensed female engineers to 30 per cent by the year 2030 and is a proud sponsor of the Women’s Infrastructure Network.

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company specializing in program management, project management, cost and commercial management, and consulting across the real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors. 

Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us.

We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors.

It’s how we’ve made the difference for over 75 years. Transforming performance for a green, inclusive and productive world.  

Visit our website to learn more: https://www.turnerandtownsend.com/en/locations/north-america/canada/  

The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP) is proud to sponsor the Women’s Infrastructure Network and support women’s leadership in the infrastructure sector in Canada and abroad. As promoters of innovative approaches to infrastructure development and service delivery through public-private partnerships, CCPPP recognizes the important role that strong leadership plays in taking projects from concept to operation. Established in 1993, CCPPP is a national, non-partisan, member-based organization with broad representation from across the public and private sectors. The Council is a proponent of evidence-based public policy in support of P3s, facilitates the adoption of best practices, and educates stakeholders and the community on the economic and social benefits of public-private partnerships. For more information on CCPPP, go to www.pppcouncil.ca, or follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.

ReNew Canada, the infrastructure magazine won’t teach you how to pave a road … Engineers, developers, planners, financiers, lawyer and senior government officials, read ReNew Canada, every bi-monthly issue. Why? Because we monitor and report on the executive discussion for: Transportation & Transit, Public Space Design & Construction, Public Works Asset Management and Smart Cities, Energy Generation & Transmission.

ReNew Canada takes a panoramic view of the infrastructure industries. Our 40,000 readers build infrastructure. They design, finance and construct over 90% of the $150 billion in ongoing projects in this country.

TSX Trust is proud to sponsor the Women’s Infrastructure Network and support its commitment to the advancement and leadership of women in the industry. TSX Trust is a federally regulated trust company with offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal. We provide a full range of indenture trustee, collateral and security agent, insurance or account trustee, custodian, and paying agent services. Our team of experienced professionals understands what our clients require in a trust service provider, and delivers solutions that maximize the value of our clients' P3 and project financing transactions. We work with each of our clients to understand their infrastructure project and their specific needs. We are committed to innovate and create the arrangements that best support each project, working with stakeholders throughout the lifecycle of the project to respond and adapt to any changes that may arise.